Centre Christian Dube played parts of two seasons with the New York Rangers in the late 90s. He was a top junior prospect who ultimately found a home on the larger ice surface in Europe.

Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Dube played the 1992-93 season with HC Martigny of the Swiss Second Division before joining the Sherbrooke Faucons of the QMJHL. He was chosen 39th overall by the Rangers in 1995 after he scored 36 goals for Sherbrooke. He returned to junior, notched 52 goals and helped Canada win the gold medal at the 1996 World Junior Championship. Following the season Dube was voted the Canadian Major Junior Player of the Year, placed on the Canadian Major Junior first all-star team and named to the QMJHL first all-star team. The next year he spent 27 games with the Rangers but was sent to the World Junior tourney where he won a second straight championship.

Dube also enjoyed success domestically when he joined the Hull Olympiques and helped them win the 1997 Memorial Cup. The talented pivot was named the MVP of the tournament. After spending most of the next two seasons in the AHL, Dube returned to Switzerland with HC Lugano. He led the league with 25 goals in 1999-00 then followed up with 20 the next season.

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

+/-

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

1992-93

HC Martigny

Swiss-2

27

36

40

76

34

1993-94

Sherbrooke Faucons

QMJHL

71

30

41

71

22

11

3

2

5

8

1993-94

Canada

U-18

4

3

4

7

4

1994-95

Sherbrooke Faucons

QMJHL

71

36

65

101

43

7

1

7

8

8

1995-96

Sherbrooke Faucons

QMJHL

62

52

93

145

105

7

5

5

10

6

1995-96

Canada

WJC-A

6

4

2

6

0

1996-97

Hull Olympiques

QMJHL

19

15

22

37

27

14

7

16

23

14

1996-97

Canada

WJC-A

7

4

3

7

0

1996-97

New York Rangers

NHL

27

1

1

2

4

-4

3

0

0

0

0

1996-97

Hull Olympiques

M-Cup

4

6

7

13

2

1997-98

Hartford Wolf Pack

AHL

79

11

46

57

46

-6

9

0

4

4

6

1998-99

New York Rangers

NHL

6

0

0

0

0

0

1998-99

Hartford Wolf Pack

AHL

58

21

30

51

20

-1

6

0

3

3

4

1999-00

HC Lugano

Swiss

45

25

26

51

52

14

8

12

20

14

1999-00

HC Lugano

EuroHL

6

2

2

4

2

4

2

2

4

2

2000-01

HC Lugano

Swiss

44

20

34

54

50

18

4

14

18

22

2001-02

HC Lugano

Swiss

38

22

38

60

14

13

4

13

17

14

2002-03

SC Bern

Swiss

44

15

36

51

26

13

4

8

12

14

2003-04

SC Bern

Swiss

35

14

35

49

24

15

3

16

19

8

2004-05

SC Bern

Swiss

34

12

25

37

20

11

4

5

9

8

2005-06

SC Bern

Swiss

38

7

25

32

48

6

1

2

3

8

2006-07

SC Bern

Swiss

40

16

38

54

36

17

0

16

16

24

2007-08

SC Bern

Swiss

47

10

42

52

30

6

1

4

5

12

2008-09

SC Bern

Swiss

46

15

41

56

32

6

3

2

5

2

2009-10

SC Bern

Swiss

5

1

5

6

0

13

2

8

10

12

2010-11

SC Bern

Swiss

44

14

35

49

18

11

2

4

6

6

2011-12

HC Fribourg-Gotteron

Swiss

40

8

28

36

55

11

3

3

6

4

2012-13

HC Fribourg-Gotteron

Swiss

48

13

29

42

18

16

0

9

9

2

2013-14

HC Fribourg-Gotteron

Swiss

36

8

12

20

8

10

1

6

7

6

2014-15

HC Fribourg-Gotteron

Swiss

52

11

17

28

68

NHL Totals

33

1

1

2

4

3

0

0

0

0

Son of Norm QMJHL All-Rookie Team (1994) QMJHL - Offensive Rookie of the Year (1994) QMJHL First All-Star Team (1996) QMJHL - MVP (1996) Canadian Major Junior First All-Star Team (1996) Canadian Major Junior - Player of the Year (1996) WJC-A All-Star Team (1997) Memorial Cup All-Star Team (1997) Ed Chynoweth Trophy (Memorial Cup - Leading Scorer) (1997) Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (Memorial Cup - MVP) (1997)